Decorative display article of manufacture



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'DECORATIVE DISPLAY ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE Filed April 22, 1940 2Sheets-Sheet 2 72 Y E5 5 3 I 5 flue/aim":

4 i 5A T/aeoiw'e/X/Pkki Patented June 24, 1941 an on DECORATIVE DISPLAYARTICLE QB? MANUFACTURE I Theodore H. Fir-ks, Chicago, Ill. ApplicationApril 22, 1940, Serial No. 33%,968

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a decorative display article of manufactureand its principal object is to provide a decorative display articlecomposed of a sheet of material scored along parallel intersecting linesand capable of being folded along the score lines to provide alternateraised polygonal portions abutting at their corners and spaced apart byintermediate polygonal bottom portions.-

The invention is particularly applicable for store windows or otherdisplay places and may serve as a facing for walls, partitions or othersurfaces, or may be assembled to present columns or other objects.

Another object is to provide a decorative display article of thischaracter that is comparatively inexpensive and can be made from strong,relatively heavy paper, for example, paper used for magazine covers. 7

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of thisspecification, land with said objects and advantages in viewthisinvention consists in the several novel features of constructionhereinafter described' an-d claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawings accompanying thisspecification, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a decorativedisplay article, embodying one form of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof looking in the T direction of thearrow 2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan of a sheet of material (partly broken away) from whichthe decorative facing of the articleis made.

Fig. 4 is a view looking from below of a portion of said sheet ofmaterial, partly folded into its completed form.

Fig. 5 is a plan of a fragment of the display article, partly broken outto illustrate its construction. v

Fig. 6 is a fragmental vertical section, taken on the line 5-6 of Fig.5. p

Fig. '7 is a View of a fragment of the blank partly folded and lookingfrom below, and

Fig. 8 is a fragmental vertical section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig.'7, and showing the article inverted.

Referring to said drawings, and first to Figs. 1 and 2, the decorativedisplay article shown, comprises a facing consisting of a sheet of paperHi,

scored as hereinafterset forth and folded upon its-elf along the scorelines to provide raised portions designated by the 'character'R,desirably of square outline, with the corners of adjacent raisedportions abutting each other, and the sides designated by individualcharacters.

S of the raised portions joining at their lower edges with bottomportions B, of similar outline as the raised portions. Along the edgesof the article the sides S join with triangular bottom sections B Theraised portions and bottom portions are disposed alternately in rows,running either diagonally of the sheet in both directions, or invertical and horizontal directions as desired. A checkerboard appearanceis thus imparted to the sheet when scored amifolded as herein described,having alternate raised portions spaced by alternat-e bottom portions.To give strength and rigidity "to the facing it is preferable to glue orotherwise adhesively secure the bottom portions B to a relatively stiffbacking strip H, which may comprise cardboard or the like. In Fig. 5adhesive material i2 is shown forsecuring together the facing andbacking material.

In Fig. 3 is illustrated a sheet of the material l0, (partly brokenaway) from which the facing is formed to provide the design shown inFig. 1. Thesheet is scored along parallel pairs of diagonal intersectinglines 54, edge to edge of the material. The small squares formed by thepairs of intersecting lines comprise end sections E that are scoredalong lines l6, running diagonally-of the squares. Desirably thedistance between the score lines of each pair is less than the distancebetween one score line of one pair and the adjacent score line of thenext pair, whereby the width of the sections Sis made considerably lessthan that of the length or breadth of the sections R, B. For the purposeof clarity sections of the score lines l4, l5 will be The sections Rbounded by the score lines 0 comprise the raised sections of the facingmaterial; the sections B bounded by the score lines o comprise thebottom sections; The sections CB along the edges of the sheet, aretriangular, bounded by the score lines o and the edges of the sheet. Thesections S, bounded by the score lines 0, c 6, e, comprise the sidesections of the raised portions, and the sections E bounded by the scorelines e, e, e, e comprise the end sections which are folded along thescore lines l6, and tucked into the spaces under the raised sections asWillbe presently explained. The end sections E along theedges of thesheet are triangular, bounded by the score lines e, e and the edges ofthe sheet. I

In the completed facing the adjacent corners .of' the sections R. arebrought together with all of said sections lying in one and the sameplane, and the adjacent corners of sections B are 15, extending frombrought together in a lower plane, spaced from the plane of the sectionsR by the width of the side sections S.

By reference to Fig. 4 (which shows the under side of the sheet) it willbe seen that the side sections S of two upper horizontal rows of bottomsections B have been folded down, thereby bringing the raised sections Rinto a lower plane than the sections B and each end section E has beenpartially folded together. At this part of the sheet the sections B havenot as yet been brought into one plane, but said sections are shown ascanted or inclined with respect to each other to show the partly foldedend sections E as they appear at this point in the folding operation.The lower end of the sheet is shown as stretched sideways toapproximately its original width, with the lowermost bottom sectionslying in about their original plane. The end sections designated by Eare shown as assuming the form of a low pyramid.

In folding the sheet along the score lines the operation is started atany point and the side sections of any two contiguous sections R (seeFig. 4) are folded up along the score lines, and the adjacent sections Bare folded into parallelism with the sections R and at the same time theend sections E are each folded together and tucked into the spacesbetween the sections B as seen in the upper part of Fig. l. After thefolding operation is begun at one end of the sheet, the operations arecontinued from section to section to the other end of the sheet. It willbe seen by reference to either section marked E that when the ends ofthe side sections are being brought together into an upright condition,that the four parts of the end section first assume the shape of apyramid, and as the side sections are folded up along the score linesthe four parts of the end section double on itself on one of theoriginal diagonal score lines and then the doubled part doubles uponitself along the other original oblique score line and is tucked intothe spaces between the sections B.

Describing first the simplest folding operation and referring to thelower left sections here designated by R S and the adjacent end sectionsE each side section S S is swung upwards on the score lines 0, c, and asa result each end section E is doubled upon itself and folds into thespace over section R The bottom section B is folded into a horizontalplane on the score line bringing it into the same plane as the otherraised sections B. As a preference the end sections are secured to sidesS as by adhesive material or otherwise, so as to stiffen the cornersbetween the sides. Describing the folding operation of sectionsdesignated by R R and B the sections R R, are forced toward each otherin the directions of the adjacent arrows, thereby folding the adjacentside sections S S upward, and as a result the right and left triangularhalves of the square end section E are moved toward each other, the sidesections S S" folding the lower triangular parts of the lower half ofthe end section E upward, thereby causing the right and left halves ofthe end section to fold into the space over section B as shown in Figs.7 and 8. As the side sections S S approach their vertical position, thecorner of section B approaches the adjacent corner of section B and whenfully folded, the score lines e are upright and coincide with each otherto form the corners of the four sections R B B B The remaining sectionsare folded in the same manner until the facing is given the formillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 7 shows the corners of both sections B as approaching each otherwith the end section B." doubled upon itself, and Fig. 8 shows the samesections in side elevation with the end section partly doubled uponitself.

Fig. 5 illustrates several of the folded end sec-' tions E as projectinginto the interiors of the raised portions, R, but it is to be understoodthat they may be folded against the sides S and se-- cured thereto byadhesive material or otherwise if desired, to tie together the cornersof the raised portions. It is also to be understood that all the bottomsections are secured to the backing sheet by adhesive material orotherwise as is desired.

The decorative display article may be used in various ways, and may bemade of desirable lengths and widths. For instance, if it is desired touse the article for facing the walls of the room, the required number ofthem are made of the proper length and placed edge to edge around theroom. They may be secured to the permanent walls by tacking themthereto, or in any other suitable manner. If it is desired to form acolumn, four or any other desired number of the articles may be placedaround a common center and suitably secured together.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A decorative display article of manufacture, comprising a sheet ofmaterial scored along parallel intersecting pairs of lines, providingalternate raised polygonal sections, abutting at their 7 cornerscontiguous side sections, polygonal bottom sections intermediate theside sections, and polygonal end sections joining the adjacent sidesections at the intersecting score lines, said polygonal end sectionsbeing scored along intersecting lines running diagonally of thepolygonal end sections, the sheet being folded along the score lines toform alternate raised sections and bottom sections lying in two parallelplanes connected by the side sections, and the scored polygonal endsections being folded upon themselves along the intersecting diagonallines with the folded parts of the polygonal end sections extending intothe spaces below the raised sections and serving to hold together theabutting corners formed by the side sections, and a relatively stiffsheet of backing material secured to the bottom sections.

2. A decorative display article of manufacture comprising a sheet ofpliable material scored along intersecting pairs of parallel lines, oneset of score lines extending at right angles to the other set, therebyproviding alternate square raised sections which abut at the corners,contiguous rectangular side sections, square bottom sectionsintermediate the side sections, and square end sections joining the sidesections, the square end sections being scored along intersecting linesrunning diagonally of the square end sections and the sheet being foldedon the score lines to form alternate raised sections and bottom sectionslying in two parallel planes connected by the side sections, and thesquare end sections being folded upon themselves along the intersectingdiagonal score lines thereof and projecting frointhe ends of the sidesections into the space below the raised sections and serving to holdtogether the corners formed by the side sections, and a relatively stiffsheet of backing material secured to the bottom sections.

3. A decorative display article of manufacture formed from a sheet ofmaterial scored alon parallel intersecting lines to provide alternatetop and bottom sections with side sections intermediate and joining thetop and bottom sections and square end sections joining the sidesections, the end sections being scored along lines running diagonallyof the square end sections, said scored sheet being folded along thescore lines to present raised sections having sides connected by bottomsections, the corners of the raised portions abutting each other and theend sections being folded upon each other along the diagonal linesthereof and extending into the spaces formedby the raised sections.

4. A decorative display article of manufacture comprising a sheet ofmaterial scored along intersecting parallel pairs of lines which providealternate polygonal sections, similar intermediate polygonal sections,rectangular side sections joining the alternate sections with theintermediate ones, and polygonal end sections joining the side sections,the sheet being folded along the pairs of score lines to providealternate polygonal raised sections lying in one plane and abutting eachother at their corners, and intermediate polygonal bottom sections lyingin another plane parallel with the first mentioned plane and abuttingeach other at their corners, and transverse side sections joining theedges of the raised and bottom polygonal sections.

THEODORE H. FIRKS.

